Thursday, February 26, 2026
Speaking of Maduro
The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer [Barry Pollack] says.
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Pollack said that the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which administers sanctions against Venezuela, had granted permission on Jan. 9 approving the payment of legal fees by the Venezuelan government.
Less than three hours later, though, the Trump administration snatched back the authorization "without explanation," though it left in place a license granting permission for Maduro's wife's lawyers to be paid, Pollack said.
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Maduro and his wife have been jailed in New York without bail since they were seized from their Venezuelan home Jan. 3 in a stealth nighttime raid by U.S. military forces. They have both pleaded not guilty. Maduro is scheduled to return to federal court for a hearing on March 17.
CBS
Christ
I don't know. Can the Clintons now refuse to testify further?
Why was Boebert allowed to have a phone in there?
UPDATE 01:31 pm:
You must be joking
It makes you wonder if they've decided the boys are too unpopular and Ivanka has bowed out, so they think Melania will be more popular to run in 2028. I mean, that Bezos "documentary", and now this. ??
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